Fernando Alonso feared he would not have the competitive edge on his comeback to F1 - comparing his return with seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher.
Alonso had appeared to call time on his F1 career when he left a struggling McLaren side in 2018. But aged 41, Alonso is now preparing for another season in the sport, almost two decades after becoming the youngest champion since Emerson Fittipaldi in 1972.
But rather like Schumacher on his return to Mercedes before the Silver Arrows dominated the grid, Alonso fancied another crack in the bright lights of F1.
